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RECAPITULATION.

Total. Men Wo. Ch. App. SI.

509* In the Town of Brookland 77 101 24U 26 65

301 Bos wick 51 49 141 8 52

269 New Vtrecht 39 38 134 .. 48

258 Ffiatlands 47 39 130 .. 40

210 Gravesend 31 32 124 6 17

476 Fllatbush 62 72 263 8 71

In all 307 331 1032 48 293

• (Ought to be 511) Is together 2011 (ought to be 3013)

PAPERS RELATING TO KOGS COUNTY. 139

PETITION OF THE ELDERS OF THE DUTCH CHURCHES IN KINGS CO.

To Ms Excellency Edward Lord Viscomit Cornbury her Majesty's Cap^ General and Governor in Chiefe of the Provmce «^ New Yorke and territory es depending thereon in America kc. and Vice admiral of the same &c. The humble petition of the Elders of four dutch Churches in Kings County Brookland, fflatbush, jSiatlands and New utrecht whose names are underwritten -- Humbly Sheweth

Vnto your Excellency that your petitioners of late were impowered by the people of their several townes to caU and send for a minister either out of this province or out of Holland to instruct them in their mothers tongue in the place of their late Minister M*^ Lupardus deceased and accordingly had severall meetings about said matter, and at last concluded to addi^ess y^" Excellency fibr leave to send ffor and call one Mr Bernardus fireeman Minister of Schenechida to be their Minister, whereupon may it please your Excellency a petition was prepared by y'' Petitioners ffor that end and sent by CoU'Gerardus Beekman to y Excellency who promised tlie delivery of it, but ifailed in his promise, and writt us a letter that said petition was not well penned, and that there was some fiaults therein, and therefore would not deliver said peticon, soone after the receipt of wliieh letter y petitioners waited upon y^ Excellency about s"^ matter at Coll: Merritts and y Excellency was pleased to say you would give us an answer in a flew days which at our return home we Inflbrmed our people accordingly; notwithstanding all this a great part of the people of said towns were im-aged with y^ petitioners in craving y"" Excellencyes leaue to Call said Minister and w-ould haue noe patience to waite ffor y- Excellencyes answer, but fforthwith some of the people of fliatbush afores"^ Craned an order from s^ CoU.